The West Chicago Garden Club

Our February speaker is WCGC member, Vicki Burris.  Vicki is a member of the City of West Chicago Environmental Commission and an active supporter of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge.  She is passionate about restoring and providing a healthy environment for monarchs and other pollinators.

During her program, Vicki will talk about ways that we can help to increase the monarch butterfly population and prevent further decline.  She will share her knowledge to help us plan a butterfly garden including: sample plans, what to plant, and varieties of milkweed.

Meeting Location: St Andrew Lutheran Church (NE Corner of Prince Crossing & Geneva Road.)

Meeting Time:

• 6:45PM Arrive & Mingle
• 7:00PM Business Meeting
• 7:15PM Program

By Barbara Darrah

It’s February and little is happening at Kruse House. We live in the north and January and February are gray months. After the fun and excitement of the Christmas lights have dimmed, we are back to the dullness of a sleeping nature. It is only in the pleasure of watching the silhouettes of our magnificent oaks and hickories edge out against the orange and purple sunsets that I truly find the woods once again “lovely, dark and deep”.

Yet, I am writing this as millions of snowflakes are filling the skies and covering all the debris with a radiant coating of white. This is the best part of this season – waking up to a crystal fairyland of ice and snow. Once again, Kruse House and its garden are a quiet, pale oasis in the midst of the commercial bustle around them. I am proud that our garden club continues to help maintain this reminder of a gentler, kinder small town America.

Come and enjoy the serenity. The Kruse House Garden (527 Main Street, West Chicago) is open every day from dawn to dusk.